God of the Word,
in Jesus you call us to become beings of the Word ourselves.
When we are disappointed by the inflation of empty words,
you restore our confidence in the weight of words,
you who offer yourself to us in a word that does what it says.
When we are tired of speaking amid the noise of our discourses,
you restore our joy in listening, you the fragile Word that is received in silence.
When we are hurt by words that wound and divide,
you restore our thirst for unity, you, the Word that brings us together.
When we are slow to let your Word be spoken in our voices, in our lives,
you revive in us the memory of Jesus, your living Word.
Blessed be you, our God!